{"product_id":"cryptomeria-japonica-cristata","title":"Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCryptomeria japonica\u003c\/em\u003e 'Cristata'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the crested Japanese cedar, one of the strangest and most collectable of all garden conifers. Among its soft, rich green sprays, many shoots fuse into dense, crested fans, the cockscomb growths that give it its Japanese name, Sekka-sugi. The effect is of a neat, upright conifer studded with pieces of green coral, and no two plants carry their crests the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rated H6 by the RHS, hardy to around -20C, it grows anywhere in the UK given shelter from cold, drying winds. It is evergreen, and the foliage can take on a bronze cast in a cold winter before greening again in spring. Heavy snow is the one enemy: shake it off the crests after a fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e Grow it as a slow architectural exclamation mark in an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e, as a specimen in a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003elarge container\u003c\/a\u003e where the crests can be inspected up close, or among other \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e where its oddness earns a double take. A conversation plant in the best sense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"19cm \/ 3L","offer_id":58864162374015,"sku":"CRYPCRIS19","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/cryptomeria-japonica-cristata.jpg?v=1792760910","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/cryptomeria-japonica-cristata","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}